03Lightningrocks wrote: ↑Thu Oct 08, 2020 10:48 pm
seph wrote: ↑Thu Oct 08, 2020 9:11 pm
crazy2medic wrote: ↑Thu Oct 08, 2020 7:33 pm
03Lightningrocks wrote: ↑Thu Oct 08, 2020 5:21 pm
I find myself wondering what the laws are in Texas if something like this occurs. I would have a hard time not firing on someone who is attacking me in my home.
If a group of people are smashing windows, would you not assume they are trying to get to you to hurt or kill you? Kinda like being trapped in a mob on the street, when they break your car window you'd assume they were attempting to reach you to inflict grave bodily harm!
They throw rocks into my house, I think it's fair for me to throw lead balls back. It's like a game of catch.
Exactly
But I still wonder what the legal ramifications would be.
IANAL, but...
Sec. 9.42. DEADLY FORCE TO PROTECT PROPERTY.
A person is justified in using deadly force against another to protect land or tangible, movable property:
(1) if he would be justified in using force against the other under Section 9.41; and
(2) when and to the degree he reasonably believes the deadly force is immediately necessary:
(A) to prevent the other's imminent commission of arson, burglary, robbery, aggravated robbery, theft during the nighttime, or criminal mischief during the nighttime; or
(B) to prevent the other who is fleeing immediately after committing burglary, robbery, aggravated robbery, or theft during the nighttime from escaping with the property; and
(3) he reasonably believes that:
(A) the land or property cannot be protected or recovered by any other means; or
(B) the use of force other than deadly force to protect or recover the land or property would expose the actor or another to a substantial risk of death or serious bodily injury.
